Samoa
c.750 BC Human settlement
c. 1000 AD Beguining of Samoan oral history
13 Jun 1722 European discovery by Dutch captain Jacob Roggeveen
05 May 1768 Named Iles Navigateur by French captain Louis de Bougainville
02 Oct 1873 - 10 Jun 1899 Kingdom of Samoa
14 Jul 1889 Tripartite German-Great Britain-United States protectorate
01 Mar 1900 German Protectorate
1909 Tupuila and Aunu'u Islands annexed by USA
29 Aug 1914 - 30 Jul 1922 New Zealand Protectorate
17 Dec 1920 League of Nations mandate under New Zealand
1925 Swain Islands annexed by USA
25 Jan 1947 UN Trust Territory
01 Jan 1962 Independence from New Zealand
01 Jan 1962 Independent State of Western Samoa (Kingdom of Samoa)
04 Jul 1997 - Samoa
Kings
1800 - 1810 Tupua I'amafana
1810 - 1820 Lei'ataua Tonumaipe'a Tamafaiga
1820 - 1830 Matafa Filmsounu'u
1830 - 1842 Malietoa Vai'inupo Tavita
22 May 1875 - 1876 Malietoa Laopepa (1st Time)
May 1879 - 08 Nov 1880 Malietoa Tonumaipe Talavao
Nov 1880 - Jan 1887 Malietoa Laopepa (2nd Time)
Jan 1887 - 1889 Tupua II Tamasese Titiamaea
- 05 Dec 1889 Tupua III Malietoa To'oa Mat'afa ................ 1832-1912
(1st Time)
05 Dec 1889 - 22 Jun 1898 Malietoa Laopepa (3rd Time)
22 Jun - 31 Dec 1898 Tupua III Malietoa To'oa Mat'afa (2nd Time)
31 Dec 1898 - 10 Jun 1899 Malietoa Tanumafili I ........................... 1879-1939
Heads of State
01 Jan 1962 - 05 Apr 1963 Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole .......................... 1905-1963
(co-ruler)
01 Jan 1962 - 11 May 2007 Malietoa Tanumafili II .......................... 1913-2007
11 May - 20 Jun 2007 Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II .......... 1947-
(1st Time, acting)
20 Jun 2007 - 21 Jul 2017 Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi ...................... 1938-
21 Jun 2017 - Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (2nd Time)
Prime Ministers
22 May 1875 - 08 Feb 1876 Albert Barnes Steinberger ....................... 1840-1894
01 Oct 1959 - 25 Feb 1970 Mata'afa Mulinu'u II (1st Time) ................. 1921-1975
25 Feb 1970 - Mar 1973 Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV (1st Time) ............ 1922-1983
Mar 1973 - 20 May 1975 Mata'afa Mulinu'u II (2nd Time)
21 May 1975 - 24 Mar 1976 Tupua Tamasesee Lealofi IV (2nd Time)
24 Mar 1976 - 13 Apr 1982 Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi (1st Time)
13 Apr - 18 Sep 1982 Va'ai Kolone (1st Time) ......................... 1911-2001
18 Sep 1982 - 01 Jan 1983 Tupuola Taisi Tufuga Efi (2nd Time)
01 Jan 1983 - 30 Dec 1985 Tofilau Eti Alesana (1st Time) .................. 1921-1999
30 Dec 1985 - 08 Apr 1988 Va'ai Kolone (2nd Time)
08 Apr 1988 - 23 Nov 1998 Tofilau Eti Alesana (2nd Time)
23 Nov 1998 - 23 Jul 2021 Tuilaepa Sailele Malaepa Aiono Sailele .......... 1945-
24 May 2021 - Fiame Naomi Mata'afa ............................ 1957-
(in opposition to 23 Jul 2021)